Fundacion Sanso

24/04/2026

Thank you, 8List.ph for including MODERN ART: Philippine Edition in your Top 8 Pinoy Board Games to Watch Out For! Modern Art the game will be launched at the All Aboard Expo from May 29 to June 1, 2026!

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24/04/2026

5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AMORSOLO. On this day, the 54th anniversary of National Artist Fernando Amorsolo’s death, we share five facts about the “Grand Old Man of Philippine Art”.

1. Another great Filipino artist, Fabian dela Rosa, was his uncle. When Amorsolo was just 11, his father passed away. His mother and the children moved to his uncle’s home in Manila; that uncle was Fabian dela Rosa, who took care of and mentored the young Amorsolo.

2. Amorsolo was the director of the UP School of Fine Arts from 1932 to 1952. During this period, he saw the School of Fine Arts move from Padre Faura to the new UP Diliman campus. Under his directorship, the school primed many outstanding Filipino artists, from National Artists Napoleon Abueva, Larry Alcala, and Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, to noted artists such as Araceli Limcaco-Dans, Roddy Ragadon, and Juvenal Sansó.

3. He was the first National Artist in the Philippines. On January 1969, Amorsolo was the first Filipino to receive the most prestigious award in visual arts from the National Cultural Commission of the Arts (NCCA), paving the way for many others.

4. His works were not solely of fields and farm maidens. Amorsolo was most famous for his bucolic landscapes, but there were many other relevant themes in his paintings, such as the “Burning of Manila”, where in he showed the burning of La Intendencia in Intramuros during the Second World War. Amorsolo sketched bocetos of these scenes live, as he walked around a destroyed Manila. Many of his paintings documented important locations in the country that are now gone, such a this painting of the Baluarte de Santa Barbara (detail) along the Pasig River.

5 Amorsolo’s works are under the ICArE (Initiative for the Continuation of Artist’s Estate) program of Fundacion Sansó in partnership with the Fernando C. Amorsolo Art Foundation and the Rising Sunday Foundation. Seen here is the limited edition giclee “ Man and Woman on Carabao” (detail), launched at the opening of “Amorsolo, Alcala, and Sansó: UP Fine Arts”, an exhibit at Fundacion Sansó.

(Images): Wikimedia Commons (Amorsolo and dela Rosa); Rachelle Medina (painting of Baluarte de Santa Barbara from the Ayala Museum exhibit “Amorsolo: Chroma”), Fundacion Sansó Archives (UP class picture) and the Fundacion Sansó Museum Shop.

24/04/2026

SEE COLORS OF DEVOTION UNTIL APRIL 25. Last few days to see COLORS OF DEVOTION at the at ! Come on over, we're open til 4:30pm!

Or to browse the featured artworks of Inday Cadapan and Odie dela Cruz, visit our online shop https://fundacionsanso.shop/collections/colors-of-devotion or click on the COLORS OF DEVOTION link in our Profile Bio.

(Photos by Miguel Villaor)

23/04/2026

Happy Birthday, Gerardo Jimenez! Gerardo “Gejo” Jimenez is an acclaimed visual artist, painter, printmaker, farmer, and avid gardener who has conducted watercolor workshops and exhibited his prints at Fundacion Sansó.

We share here his painting of ScholarSip Café entitled "Quiet Joy", which was exhibited at his show "Welcome to the Third Place" at Altro Mondo Gallery in 2025. Enjoy your special day, Gejo!

23/04/2026

CATCH “COLORS OF DEVOTION” ON ITS LAST FEW DAYS! Religious processions are always ingrained as part of the Filipino’s Catholic faith. With the month of May coming in, expect a merry resurgence of festivals and processions, Flores de Mayo, etc., in most of our cities and provinces.

In relation to this, our latest exhibit, COLORS OF DEVOTION, features Odie dela Cruz’s works, which are deeply rooted in his childhood, as he grew up and lived in a home located near the city’s procession routes. He identified these processions, along with their Saints, as part of everyday Filipino life.

“Mga Karosa (Old Devotions in Cavite)” by Odie dela Cruz
2026, pen and ink on paper

COLORS OF DEVOTION
On view until April 25, 2026.
Scholars Gallery, Fundacion Sansó.
32 V. Cruz St., Brgy. Sta. Lucia, San Juan
(Schedule this week: April 20, 23 to 25, 9am-4:30pm)

To browse the artworks, visit our online shop: https://fundacionsanso.shop/collections/colors-of-devotion

22/04/2026

FULL HOUSE WITH THE WEEKEND WATERCOLOR CIRCLE! Last April 18, ScholarSip by Fundacion Sansó Café was happy to host our second Weekend Watercolor Session by the . Participants had fun with their floral theme, just right for summer!

The Weekend Watercolor Circle is the brainchild of Vergel Gregorio, who started the circle as a simple weekend activity with friends at coffee hangouts. Today, their growing community of hundreds of artists and enthusiasts now holds regular weekend workshops at different venues and hubs, fostering creativity and friendship.

Watch this page for more workshop updates in the near future!

Photos by Miguel Villaor

22/04/2026

Thank you, Malaya Business Insight and Jupiter Kalambakal for featuring Inday Cadapan!

Inday's work is under the ICArE (Initiative for the Continuation of Artist’s Estate) program of Fundacion Sansó. See her art in COLORS OF DEVOTION, currently showing at the Scholars Gallery of the ScholarSip by Fundacion Sansó Café until April 25.

"Her figures are simplified, with proportions altered. In the 1970s, she ran an antiques shop at the Mabini Arts Center, where she encountered works by Western modernists, including Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. You see hints of that in her line and color. The palette leans bright.

As artist-curator Ricky Francisco noted, this could 'camouflage' her social concerns. Much of her work focuses on women in everyday settings, where work and class are part of the scene."

To read the full article, click here: https://malaya.com.ph/lifestyle/columns-lifestyle/the-world-of-inday-cadapan/

22/04/2026

Artist Raul Lebajo’s LEBAJO Café in Alfonso, Cavite, hosts MITHI, a group exhibit featuring the works of Nikulas Lebjao, Janos dela Cruz (who was one of the guest artists in our “Past Expressing” exhibit at Fundacion Sansó in 2022), Otto Neri, and a roster of noted Filipino artists.

Environmental Surrealist Raul Lebajo’s works are under the ICArE (Initiative for the Continuation of Artist’s Estate) program of Fundacion Sansó. The artist is celebrating his 85th year this 2026 with a year-long series of events and exhibitions.

MITHI Chasing well intended effort belongs to those exhibitions that gather quietly, insistently, like a thought you keep returning to. Ongoing at Lebajo

21/04/2026

GETTING TO KNOW INDAY. The partnership with Inday Cadapan’s family and Fundacion Sansó’s ICArE (Initiative for the Continuation of Artists’ Estate) program is a way of reexamining Cadapan’s works, which may have been glossed over in the past years following her passing.

ICArE provided a reevaluation and newfound appreciation for this woman artist’s works to a wider set of audiences. Inday Cadapan, through the help of her daughter Magel Cadapan, is ICArE’s first artist.

To browse more of Cadapan’s art and that of Odie dela Cruz in the ongoing exhibition COLORS OF DEVOTION at the Scholars Gallery of the ScholarSip Café, visit: https://fundacionsanso.shop/collections/colors-of-devotion

“Contemplating” by Inday Cadapan,
2002, watercolor on paper

21/04/2026

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21/04/2026

SANSÓ’S BLACK BOUQUETS. Before his delicate Fleurs Sauvage series and the colorful En Vase paintings, Juvenal Sansó’s floral works were of a less joyful, but more dramatic theme.

“In the 1960’s, these would be increasingly devoid of human figures, and instead focus on how these themes (mortality, and the absurdity of life) and moods (alienation and solitude) would be expressed even more nuanced and more subtly through depersonalized inanimate floral bouquets, which are the stylistic development of the bouquets of faces, and the highly weathered, ghostly landscapes that persisted despite all odds.”—excerpt from “After the Deluge Comes the Dawn” by Ricky Francisco

(Images) Sansó in Naples; iinspecting his “Flora” etching; photos from the Fundacion Sansó Archives

20/04/2026

The JFM Arts and Culture grant is now open for applications until October 31, 2026. Please see The Japan Foundation, Manila original post for details.

Call for Applications - JFM Arts and Culture Grant 2026

The Japan Foundation, Manila is opening its call for proposals for the JFM Arts & Culture Grant (JFMAC) for 2026. The grant aims to deepen and enhance mutual understanding of Japan and Japanese culture by supporting cultural events.

This category also encompasses projects aimed at enhancing Japanese Studies, including conferences, seminars, and workshops. Through Global Partnerships, the grant facilitates collaboration among like-minded nations, creating a platform for dialogue on multifaceted issues such as sustainable development, climate change, peacebuilding, maritime and economic cooperation, among others.

Application Period: 16 April - 31 October 2026
* All projects must be implemented by 31 December 2026

Learn More: https://jfmo.org.ph/grants/

Application Guidelines:https://jfmo.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/02-JFMAC-2026-Guidelines.pdf